Fishing-pole.



1. e. HEINRICH, 1R,

FISHING POLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1914.

Patented 001. 19, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANDGIAPH CO.,WASMINO1ON, D. C.

onn e. HE NRicH, JR, OEVNEW' ROCHELLE, NEW YORK.

i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN G. HEINRICH, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates,and a resident of New Rochelle, county of Westchester, and Stateof New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvehave straight.walls and the interfitting fin.-

40 v be readilyappliedto thelpole. or removed ment in 'FishingPoles, ofwhich the" following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to a class of devices adaptedto be used forfishing into a compact parcel so as to be conveniently carried by aperson or the sections may be detachably connected together When it isdesiredto use the pole,-Jand this is ac complished mainly by employingupon the sections forms of connecting elements each composed of twointerfitting complemental members,.0ne being in the form of a sockethaving a communicating tapered recess and the other member being in theform ofa ferrule having a projecting tapered finger. When the sectionsofthe pole; are assembled l each of "the. ferrules and its finger are insorted in the socket an d recess of its complee mental member, and ,byproviding the tapered fingersand the tapered parts of the. sockets greatstrength and durability will be 5 given to the sections of ,thepole aswell as tending to prevent the parts of the connecting elements frombecoming'loose asis inci.

wherein the recesses of the connecting joints gersbeing also in straight.rod-like shapes,

Another objectof theinvention is to provide line guides constructed withspring actuated gates whereby the fishingline may therefrom, instead ofrequiring the line to be guided through a series. ofrings which oftenrequire parts of the line to be cut in order todetach it from the pole;anda further ob-j ject of the invention is to provide a fishing pole ofsimple and eflicient construction, which is, susceptible of beingmade'in' any li thft che beats, in" View, h

invention willbe hereinafter more particularly described with referenceto the accompanying drawing which .forms apart of this specification,and willthen be pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

' "Inth'e draivingQFigure lisan elevation,

Application filed March 21, 1914. Serial No. 826,259. 7

My invention has for its object primarily to provide a fishing polehaving a number of sections whereby the device may be arranged,

dent to fishing poles of sectional forms- V risnmc-ronn.

' Specification of Letters Patent. 1 Patented @613. 1 9, I

partly in section, of one form of fishing pole i embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view, partly-in detail I and partly insection, showing the manner of detachably connecting twoof the sectionsof;

tary view showing the manner-of detachably applyinga' reel to the pole.5 T he fishing polehas a handle'sec tion 10,-a

tip section 11', and oneor anuinber of intermediate sections 13,all'f'of which may be of any desired lengths, and these sections-are;adapted to be detachably .coiinectedfwhen it:

is desired to, use'the pole, or when the pole ishotin ,use the sectionsmay be arranged 'intoia compact parcel so as to be conveniently carriedby a personas is customary with'fishing poles of this class. I H 3Serving to permit the sections of the pole tobe detachably connected, Iprovide 'num ber of "connecting elements,- as 14, all of" Y which arealike. in formationj Each of the connecting elements is composed 'of twoin? terfitting complemental members, as 15 and 16. Each .ofthecomplemental members 15 is inthe form of a socket 17 provided bymounting a tube of metal or other suitable material onone of thecorresponding ends of the handlesection and'on the intermedi ate sectionof the pole in a mannerwhereby part thereof will protrudeisomedistancebe= yondit a n o ts re p ctiv sec o i nd the interior f ofthis projecting art i the ube. arm. t e. so e oper. ,Th socke hasacommunicating tapered recess, as,18 which, is preferably provided byboring the end of the section upon which'each of the.

tubes is mounted. of the complemental members 16 is composed of aferrule next adj cen mem e and exten ng rom the free 2nd of each ferruleis a' finger 2 0 which is tapered tollconfor'm with the recess: 18 ofitscomplemental member '15, but each.

finger is of adiarneter' so as tofitfclosely when removably interfittedin the recess;

s '19 which mounted onthe end of the section in opposed relation to thesocket of the When assembling the sections of the pole the intermediatesection 13 is disposed so that its ferrule 19 and its tapered finger 20will be inserted in the socket 17 and in its communicating taperedrecess 18 of the handle section by directing the sections toward eachother, and the tip section 13 is then detachably connected to the otherend of the intermediate section in a similar manner. By providing thefingers 20 and parts of the sockets 17 in tapered forms great strengthand durability will be given to the pole when the sections are connectedas well as serving to prevent the parts of the conr necting elementsfrom becoming loose as is incident to forms of fishing poles of thisclass wherein the recesses of these connecting omts have straight wallsand the interfittin fin ers bein also in strai ht rod like shapes whichoften prove of insufficient strength to prevent the sections of the polefrom wabbling when connected together.

In order to permit a fishing line to be readily applied to or removedfrom the pole, I provide a number of line guides, as 21, all of whichare similarly formed. Each of the line guides 21 has a supporting ring22, one of which is mounted on each section of the pole, and from eachof the supporting rings is a second ring, as 23, depending therefrom.Each of the rings 23 has its lower part outout, at 24, to provide twospaced ends, and in one of these ends is a slot 25 extending lengthwisethereof. The cut-out 24 of each of the rings is closed by a gate 26which is curved to conform with the curvature of the ring, and in theside edges of the central part of each gate are two notches, as 27 and28, which provide a connecting strip 29 and two oppositely extendingarms 30 and 31. The arm 30 of each gate is movably disposed in the slot25 of its ring, and the arm 31 of each gate bridges the cut-out of thering. Through the strip 29 of each of the gates is an opening, and alsothrough the slotted end of eachof the rings 24 are openings whichregister .with the opening of the strip of each gate. Each gate ispivoted to its ring by passing a pintle through these registeredopenings, and encircling each pintle is one or two spiral springs 32formed so that their ends engage the inner surfaces of each ring and itsgate so as to normally tend to swing the arm 31 of the gate in adirection outwardly of the cut-out of the ring. In order to pre vent thearms 31of each of the gates from moving outwardly through the cut-out ofits ring upon the free end of each of these arms is formed a lip 33extending inwardly of the rings so as to overlap the opposed end thereofat'its cut-out, as shown, and to permit the gates to be manually swungon their pivots, projecting from the arm 30 of each gate is a lug or pin34. Upon the end of the section 11 of the pole which is opposite to itsferrule 19 is a cap 35, and through the wall of this cap adjacent to itsfree end are three spaced passages, as 36, 37 33, which extend inrelative triangular arrangement lengthwise of the cap and through itsfree end. The wall of one of the passages is cut-out at 39, and thiscut-out portion is bridged by a swinging gate which corresponds to theformation and is operated like all of the gates 26. If desired forms ofthe fishing pole may be made wherein the cap is dispensed with and oneof the forms of the line guide 21 may be used instead. To apply afishing line, as 41, to the line guides ofthis form offishing pole, thepin 34 of the gate of each of the line guides is directed so as to guidethe arm 30 of each gate in a direction-outwardly from the, ring 23, andthe arm31 of each gate will thereby be swung inwardly of the ringagainst the tension of the spring of the gate. The line is thenpassedthrough the opening of the ring of each of the line guides. Inthis manner the fishing line will be properly applied to the pole, andthe line may be readily removed from the pole by reversely operating thegates of the line guides, thus o viating the necessity to cut thefishing line in order to remove it from the pole as is often requiredwith fishing poles of the usual makes.

In conjunction with the fishing pole may be used any suitable form ofreel, as 42, upon which the fishing line 41 is wrapped. The reel 42hasthe usual base-plate 42 the ends 43 and 44 of which extend inopposite lat eral directions from the reel proper, and this base-plateis curved similarly to the shape of thehandle section of the pole. Onthe handle section 10 of the pole is a slidable ring, as 45, which islarger in diameter than the handle section, and spaced some distancefrom thisring on the handle section is rigidly mounted a second ring 46.The ring 46 is of a shape and diameter so that a part thereof is spacedfrom the handle section to provide a groove 47 between the'ring and thehandle sections. To detachably mount the reel 42 on the handle section,the base-plate 43 is positioned on the section, and the reel is moved sothat the end 44 of the base-plate will be inserted in the groove 47 Bythen sliding the ring toward the reel it will pass over the end 43 ofthe base-plate 42 for holding the reel against accidental displacementto the fishing pole, and by reversely moving the slidable ring 45 andthe base-plate 43 the reel may be easily removed from the handle sectionof the pole.

In the foregoing description, I have embodied the preferred form of myinvention,

but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as amaware that mod ifications may be made therein-without de-i parting fromthe principle, or sacrificing any of the advantages of this. invention,therefore I reserve to myself the right to make such changes as fairlyfall within the scope of the appended claims. 7

Having thus described my invention, I

' same at one end of the cutout, said gate being designed to be moved onits connection for opening the cut-out to permit the line to be passedinto or out of the apertured portion in a plane at right angles to thelength of the line.

2. In a fishing pole line guide, an openlike body, an attaching lportionintegral therewith for mounting the body on the pole, said body having acut-out with one end thereof slotted and bounded on two sides by wallsof the body, and a gate pivoted in said cut-out to provide oppositelyextending arms, one of which overlies the cutout and the other of whichis'movably disposed in the slotted end of the cut-out, means to normallyhold the gate in the lastnamed position, and meansv at the arm of thegate engaging in theslotted end of the cut-out for swinging said armoutwardly and to swing the other-arm inwardly, whereby to permit theline to be passed through the cut-out in either direction at any pointbetween the ends of the line. 3. A line guide for fishing poles, com

prising a circular portion having an attaching part to engage around apole, said circular portion being in the form ofja ring having a cut-outin its wall-at a point substantially of maximum distance from the poleand attaching part, said cut-outfhaving a slotted portion at one endbounded on three sides by portions of the circular por-.

tion, agate pivoted in the cut-out between two of said sides and betweenits ends to providetwo arm s, one bridging the cut-out beyond the pivotof the gate to swing inwardly andtheother arm engaging in the slot andadapted to swing outwardly, springs mounted on the pivot and engagingthe cir- V cular portion and gate respectively, to hold said armsv inthe first-named positions thereof, and a lug projecting outwardly fromthe latter arm to permit the arms tobe moved to the last-mentionedpositions by moving the gate on its pivot, as and for the purposesspecified.

This specification signed and witnessed this twentieth day of March A.D. 1914.

JOHN G. HEINRICH, JR."

Witnesses:

JOHN HEINRICH, M. DERMODY.

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Washington, D. 03 i

